Historical Events In March - 31

1881  Gaetano Gaspari, composer, dies at 73 on March - 31.  

1883  On March - 31 utrecht begins water pipe system  

1883  1st performance of Caesar Franck's "Le Chasseur Maudit" on March - 31.  

1884  On March - 31 jan T Beelen, Neth/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77  

1885  Great Britain declares Bechuanaland a protectorate on this day in history.  

1885  Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist on this day in history.  

1885  Franz W Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies on March - 31.  

1886  Giovanni Rossi, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1887  On this day in history jose Maria Usandizaga, composer  

1889  On this day in history alexander Gustave Eiffel raised the French flag at the top of his tower in Paris.  

1889  On this day in history the Eiffel Tower in Paris, 985ft tall, was officially opened  

1889  300m Eiffel Tower officially opens (commemorates French Revolution) on this day in history.  

1891  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer on this day in history.  

1892  On this day in history stanislav Wladyslaw Maczek, Polish/British general-major/commandant  

1892  On March - 31 adolf Rzepko, composer, dies at 66  

1893  On this day in history clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937)  

1895  On March - 31 john Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)  

1896  Whitcomb Judson, Chicago IL, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) on this day in history.  

1898  Edward Noyes Westcott, US attorney/writer (David Harum), dies on March - 31.  

1900  On March - 31 brigadier-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands  

1900  On this day in history the first car advertisement to run in a national magazine appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.  

1900  Brig-General Broadwoods troops fall into guerrilla hands on this day in history.  

1900  On March - 31 henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/earl of Ulters  

1900  On March - 31 frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies  

1901  John Stainer, composer, dies at 60 on March - 31.  

1903  Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (New Zealand) on March - 31.  

1903  Richard Pearse flies monoplane several hundred yards (NZ) on March - 31.  

1905  German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger on March - 31.  

1906  George Bernard Shaw's German version of "Caesar and Cleopatra", premieres in Berlin on March - 31.  

1906  King Edward VII grants British Columbia's Coat-of-Arms on this day in history.  

1906  On March - 31 gB Shaws German version of "Caesar & Cleopatra," premieres in Berlin"  

1906  On this day in history lauri Saikkola, composer  

1907  Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt on this day in history.  

1907  On this day in history eddie Quillan, Phila, actor (Julia, Hell Town)  

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0250  On this day in history birth of constantius Chlorus, Roman Emperor (d. 306)  

1360  On March - 31 birth of philippa of Lancaster, queen of Portugal (d. 1415)  

1425  On this day in history birth of bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (d. 1468)  

1499  On March - 31 birth of pius IV, [Gianangelo de' Medici], Italian lawyer/pope (1559-65)  

1504  On this day in history birth of guru Angad Dev, second Sikh guru (d. 1552)  

1519  Henry II, King of Germany (1547-59) was born on March - 31.  

1519  King Henry II of France (d. 1559) was born on March - 31.  

1536  Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Japanese shogun (d. 1565) was born on March - 31.  

1074  Death of Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992) on March - 31.  

1340  Ivan I Kalita, grand-duke of Vladimir, dies on this day in history.  

1389  On this day in history death of everhard Tserclaes, sheriff of Brussels, murdered  

1547  On March - 31 death of francis I of France (b. 1494)  

1567  Philip, the Generous, count of Hessen, dies at 62 on March - 31.  

1578  Death of Juan de Escobedo, sec of Spanish land guardian Don Juan, murdered on March - 31.  

1621  Felipe III, King of Spain (1598-1621), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1631  John Donne, Metaphysical poet, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.